Who do you keep and in what order are they the priority?
The UFA's are Will Allen, Foote, Foster, Mendy, Hampton, David Johnson, Legs, Lewis, Mundy, Wallace, Charlie, Bryon and Warren.
The RFA's are Sylvester, Sanders, Redman, McClendon and Dwyer.
The exclusive rights Free agents are DVD, and I think that it is. All we have to do is tender him the min salary and he cant go anywhere.

Keep in mind, we are already over the cap and rearranging salaries of Ben, Woodley, Timmons, will only get us about 8 under.

12-24-2012, 09:10 AM

cbrunn

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Originally Posted by cmerrifield

Who do you keep and in what order are they the priority?
The UFA's are Will Allen, Foote, Foster, Mendy, Hampton, David Johnson, Legs, Lewis, Mundy, Wallace, Charlie, Bryon and Warren.
The RFA's are Sylvester, Sanders, Redman, McClendon and Dwyer.
The exclusive rights Free agents are DVD, and I think that it is. All we have to do is tender him the min salary and he cant go anywhere.

Keep in mind, we are already over the cap and rearranging salaries of Ben, Woodley, Timmons, will only get us about 8 under.

Losing Hampton , Foote , Mendy, Charlie and Bryon frees up a good bit cap room right??
also I'm not sure if the NFL has a cap penalty for releasing guys as I'm not a Salary cap person ... but I know Madden does and I'd say Madden is pretty accurate in most things ..But I think depending on the penalty Harrison needs to be cut , and or restructured

UFA -
Mike Wallace - whether you like him or don't , he should be the priority in this off season
Keenan Lewis - I don't think he made himself as much money as some people think , He had a good season but to say he's going to be highly Paid is something I doubt... I mean with Ike out the guy who is supposed to be our #2 didn't even cover AJ Green they had our #3 covering him
rest is cannon fodder besides maybe Will Allen for ST and good backup play this year

RFA
Sylvester - 5th round - ST player and I still want to see what he has but he never gets on the field
Sanders - 3rd-4th round - salary cap issues and he can be replaced easily
Redman - 5th round - Maybe lower ... who cares??
McClendon - 1st or 2nd round - this guys really impressed me with his little bit of playing time, and I think he is the NT of the future
Dwyer - 2nd or 3rd

12-24-2012, 09:28 AM

cmerrifield

Re: What FA do you keep

The cap is only players under contract. So losing Mendy and others has no effect on next years cap. And yes cutting players has a penalty.

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12-24-2012, 09:36 AM

NeilPatrickBanana

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Originally Posted by cbrunn

but I know Madden does and I'd say Madden is pretty accurate in most things .

everything about your idea of trading for future 1st rounders makes sense now

12-24-2012, 09:38 AM

NeilPatrickBanana

they have no chance of signing Mike Wallace... they won't even be able to afford to franchise tag him

keenan lewis is a MUST sign

it would be nice to bring back will allen

none of the other UFAs matter

12-24-2012, 09:39 AM

NeilPatrickBanana

Lewis gutted it out on one leg in a "must win" game...

12-24-2012, 10:10 AM

Zachintosh66

Keep Lewis... #1 priority

Foote (& maybe Will Allen) may have to come back for another, and Im okay with that...

Steelers will choose between Foster and Colon, Colon got his $ last year. But they cant keep both.

Teams usually keep their RFA's so im not gonna bother, they will be back.

Everyone else should be gone in my opinion... yes, including Wallace.

12-24-2012, 10:48 AM

scudmissile29

Wallace and Mendenhall gone.

That will save a lot of money.

12-24-2012, 10:52 AM

cmerrifield

Re: What FA do you keep

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Originally Posted by Flame

Wallace and Mendenhall gone.

That will save a lot of money.

They are not included in next years cap numbers because they are not under contract next year.

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12-24-2012, 10:55 AM

NeilPatrickBanana

Colon unfortunately eats up more cap space if we cut him, then if we keep him